A powerful winter storm lifted from Iowa and across eastern Minnesota during the day on Monday, November 28th bringing with it a wide variety of weather. Signifigant rain for November fell across much of Minnesota. Redwood Falls and Willmar both saw over an inch of precipitation. Duluth had just under an inch. The normal precipiation for the month of November is around two inches in eastern Minnesota, and about an inch to an inch and a half over western Minnesota.
Dry air funneling into the storm brought some sunshine over eastern Minnesota by lunchtime on the 28th and temperatures soared into the lower 50's. At the same time cold air prevailed over western and northern Minnesota and the rain that fell there became glaze ice. Ice coated branches and power lines especially over western Minnesota. The strong winds associated with the storm caused power lines and poles to snap in places in south west and west central Minnesota, bringing back memories of the spring blizzard in 1997.

The rain gradually changed over to snow from west to east across Minnesota with the changeover happening around midnight in the Twin Cities. A quick inch of snow fell by daybreak in the metro. Heavier snows fell to the west and north. The highest snow totals found from this storm in Minnesota include Marcell in Itasca County with 6.4 inches, Montevideo picked up 6 inches and International Falls saw 5.8 inches. The snow gradually tapered off over eastern Minnesota during the morning of the 29th.

Listed below are National Weather Service Statements about this storm.